Another New Owner

[alvin]

Originally Posted by vicspa

Thanks guys, I wanted to go shoot with it, but a guy at the gun shop when I did the transfer said I shouldn't. Any opinions? I have other guns to shoot with, but only one Luger. (so far)

Depends on how you view this hobby. First, the risk is you could break it in shooting. That's the reason many collectors don't shoot their items.

Personally, I bought many nice pistols from other collectors in the past. Many sellers told me that's their best one and they did not shoot it in the past 30 or 50 years. When many of those best ones came from different sources, I also put many aside not shooting due to the condition was simply too nice to shoot.. But I did pick up about a dozen of them, and fired some rounds, including some rare items. And, I did break a few of them. That's the sorry part. The risk is very real, but this is a hobby, money is not the only consideration. Shooting C&R also reveals some fact about these guns, helps you understand things on them from a special angle.